- I recommend using MPV to play audio and video on Linux, Mac and Windows
- I recommend using VLC on Android and iOS
- To play cloud-based music, I recommend using CloudBeats on Android iOS
- If you prefer a dedicated audio player, I recommend Foobar2000 on Mac and Windows, and Audacious on Linux. See this article for more details.
Here are some details on those apps:
MPV (Audio and Video Player)
Platform support: Windows, Mac and Linux.
MPV is a free audio and movie player. This player is fast and lightweight. It supports many video or audio formats. It has its own built-in codecs.
It is a good replacement for VLC — and MPV tends to perform better. However, VLC is much more customizable.
Link: MPV
VLC Media Player
Platform support: Windows, Mac and Linux, iOS, Apple TV, Android and Windows Phone.
VLC is a cross-platform, open-source and configurable media player.
It also plays DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
The is a mobile version available for iOS and Android.
Foobar2000 (Audio Player)
Platform Support: Windows and Mac
Foobar2000 is a basic freeware audio player that supports many formats and supports gapless playback
Main features:
- Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND and more with additional components.
- Gapless playback.
- Easily customizable user interface layout.
- Advanced tagging capabilities.
- Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
- Full ReplayGain support.
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
- Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.
What is about KODi?
Sure, Kodi is a good library-based player.
Foobar2000 is not available for Linux
True, Audacious is the one to use on Linux.
Thanks for this. Potplayer has been stuttering for a while in fullscreen, but MPV works perfectly.